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Marconi Transmitted The First Radio Signal, But His Invention Is Not Uncontested – The Wilmington Journal

Guglielmo Marconi, an electrical engineer born in Bologna, Italy, invented the device that transmitted the first radio signal at the end of the 19th century, forever changing the history of telecommunications. After receiving private lessons [...]

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